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Tornado Warning 130, NWS Jackson, MS

November 24, 2001Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 10:33 AM CST for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2001, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2001, 11:00 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lowndes County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 5:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Nov 24, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2001-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 185 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2001-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 329 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 241633
TORJAN
MSC087-241700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1033 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 1033 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF NEW HOPE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF
  COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 1:42 AM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Washington48 min
Nov 24, 2:24 AM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower51 min
Nov 24, 3:25 AM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena35 min
Nov 24, 3:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren44 min
Nov 24, 3:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Washington39 min
Nov 24, 4:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne27 min
Nov 24, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds45 min
Nov 24, 4:37 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds38 min
Nov 24, 5:10 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison50 min
Nov 24, 5:55 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison35 min
Nov 24, 6:03 AM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren42 min
Nov 24, 6:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo40 min
Nov 24, 6:17 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Leake43 min
Nov 24, 6:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Warren45 min
Nov 24, 6:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes36 min
Nov 24, 7:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison34 min
Nov 24, 7:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll23 min
Nov 24, 7:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery29 min
Nov 24, 7:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison31 min
Nov 24, 7:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala40 min
Nov 24, 8:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery41 min
Nov 24, 8:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott46 min
Nov 24, 8:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake27 min
Nov 24, 8:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin51 min
Nov 24, 8:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster28 min
Nov 24, 8:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala26 min
Nov 24, 8:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds24 min
Nov 24, 8:41 AM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw34 min
Nov 24, 8:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake30 min
Nov 24, 8:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha, Winston26 min
Nov 24, 8:54 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Neshoba36 min
Nov 24, 8:58 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay32 min
Nov 24, 9:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds28 min
Nov 24, 9:07 AM CSTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha38 min
Nov 24, 9:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin30 min
Nov 24, 9:22 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay38 min
Nov 24, 9:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Scott42 min
Nov 24, 9:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln42 min
Nov 24, 9:35 AM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston25 min
Nov 24, 9:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson32 min
Nov 24, 9:46 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis44 min
Nov 24, 9:49 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale41 min
Nov 24, 9:52 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke38 min
Nov 24, 9:54 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith51 min
Nov 24, 9:58 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee32 min
Nov 24, 10:04 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion41 min
Nov 24, 10:08 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln52 min
Nov 24, 10:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin35 min
Nov 24, 10:27 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis48 min
Nov 24, 10:45 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper45 min
Nov 24, 10:50 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke40 min
Nov 24, 10:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith36 min
Nov 24, 11:01 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar44 min
Nov 24, 11:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee32 min
Nov 24, 11:29 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale46 min
Nov 24, 11:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton42 min
Nov 24, 11:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper42 min
Nov 24, 11:38 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke37 min
Nov 24, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar45 min
Nov 24, 11:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones25 min
Nov 24, 11:56 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar34 min
Nov 24, 12:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper28 min
Nov 24, 12:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale29 min
Nov 24, 12:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar46 min
Nov 24, 1:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest33 min
Nov 24, 1:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest38 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.